Re: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface

[Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:53:50 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Who started this anti-nl80211 thing anyway? I still don't see what's so
> wrong with sending frames down a PF_NETLINK socket rather than a
> PF_PACKET socket.

Perhaps it was just my misunderstanding about the monitor interface tx
injection patches; I though this mechanism should be used for hostapd and
user space MLME, which I consider wrong. Johannes' comment about different
needs (and thus having both injection through monitor iface and through
netlink) makes perfectly sense, though.

Andy, is using a monitor interface (for both injecting and receiving of
frames) acceptable for you? If yes, let's drop my proposal (I said it might
turn up to be useless :-)), apply patches for monitor iface injection and
implement a netlink soultion as a replacement of the current management
interface.

Thanks,

 Jiri

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Jiri Benc
SUSE Labs